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Petroleum Engineering
Investing in Montana Tech Petroleum Engineering with Scholarships & Endowed Faculty Positions

As the industry is faced with an aging workforce population, Montana Tech is uniquely positioned to accelerate meeting the demand, and produce premier multi-disciplinary petroleum engineers for the future. This year, the department welcomed the largest incoming class of new students in over five years. 

As higher-education continues to evolve, Montana Tech is committed to recruiting more students to the program and to providing graduates with key fundamental aspects, a broad base of technical skills, industry experience, deep understanding of petroleum engineering, applied learning in innovation and entrepreneurship, and the soft skills graduates need to perform rigorously, behave ethically, and communicate effectively. 

With this in mind this DayOne, the Petroleum Engineering Department is asking you to support our recruiting efforts and our students through Petroleum Engineering Departmental Scholarships, and invest in the future of our program with a gift to the Petroleum Engineering Faculty Endowment.

During DayOne all gifts to our Petroleum Engineering Departmental Scholarships will be matched 1:1 up to $3,000 thanks to Jack '73 and Leah McCarthy.

All gifts to the Petroleum Engineering Faculty Endowment will be matched 1:1 up to $3,000 thanks Nick '92 and Kari '94 Olds.  


Thank you for your support of Montana Tech Petroleum Engineering! Please help us spread the word! Share this project on social media, by email and tell your friends! 



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Petroleum Departmental Scholarships Match
Thanks to Jack '73 and Leah McCarthy, during DayOne an additional $3,000 was added to the Petroleum Departmental Scholarships. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds.
$3,000 MATCHED
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First Time Donor Match
This match has been met and all available funds have been awarded. During DayOne first time donors had their gifts matched 1:1 from a match pool of $5,000. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds.
$5,000 MATCHED
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McCarthy Second Chance - First Time Donor Match
This match has been met and all available funds have been awarded. Thanks to Jack '73 and Leah McCarthy during DayOne first time donors had their gifts matched 1:1 from a match pool of $5,000. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds.
$5,000 MATCHED
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$5,000
Faculty Staff Participation Match Challenge
$5,000 was unlocked with the participation of 50 Montana Tech faculty staff members. $100 will be applied to the project to which the original gift was made by the donor. This match opportunity has been met. Thank you to all of our Montana Tech faculty and staff for participating in DayOne 2024 and supporting the students and programs of Montana Tech!
50 / 50 Donors
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Leaderboard
Departmental Challenge Leaderboard
During DayOne Departments competed head-to-head for a chance to earn extra money towards their department project by bringing in the most donors to their project. The top ten finishers split the pot valued at up to $20,000. Congratulations to all of our departments that competed and thank you to all of our donors supporting your passion through Montana Tech's DayOne 2024 Giving Event.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $5,000 Mining Engineering 125
2 $3,750 Digger Athletics 86
3 $2,500 Safety, Health & Industrial Hygiene 59
4 $2,000 Geological Engineering 28
5 $1,625 Petroleum Engineering 27
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Petroleum Engineering Faculty Endowment Match
During DayOne all gifts to the Petroleum Engineering Faculty Endowment will be matched 1:1 up to $3,000 thanks to Nick '92 and Kari '94 Olds.
$3,000 MATCHED
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Student Donor Match
During DayOne Montana Tech student donors had their gift matched 1:1 from a match pool of $5,000. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds. Thank you for supporting your passion through DayOne, Montana Tech's giving event!
$5,000 MATCHED
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Olds Family Friday Match
Thanks to Nick and Kari Olds for adding an additional $3,000 to DayOne 2024 projects and helping drive DayOne 2024 to the finish line. The matching has been met and all dollars awarded.
$3,000 MATCHED
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$7,300
Montana Tech Foundation Board Participation Challenge
Thank you to Gary Kolstad, Bryan Larson, Josh Vincent, Kathy Arnold, Bob and Liz Shepard, Nicki and Ty Houston, Kristen and Dan Manson, Danika Steiner and Dave Burger, Jonna Laslovich, Brian Erickson, Jon Cherry, Leigh Freeman, Gary Carlson, Robert Iverson, Brad Estes, Nick and Judy DiGiovine, Anthony Lambert, Tom Staples, and Dan Bradley for banding together to help drive us to 700 donors for DayOne 2024. Their efforts and investment added an additional $51,100 to DayOne 2024! Let's Go Diggers!
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Petroleum Engineering Donor Map
Rank State Gifts
1 TX 10
2 MT 8
3 CO 5
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